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Healthcare for immigrants – an issue of justice

October 24, 2017 Written by Society

From 23 October, there will be a legal obligation on every hospital department in England to check every patient’s immigration status before treating them, to see if they are required to pay for their care. In addition, charges are being extended to community health services. […]

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Seeing the Person behind the disability

August 17, 2017 Written by Humanity , Society

Late in June, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) abolished the role of Disability Commissioner. This happened 36 hours before Lord Shinkwin, newly appointed to the role, was due to hold his first board meeting. Shinkwin explains that EHRC’s chair, David Isaac, had declared […]

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Why the rush to change blood donation deferral policies for commercial sex workers & men who have sex with men?

August 17, 2017 Written by Medical Practice , Society

Commercial sex workers and men who have sex with men (MSM) in Britain and Scotland are to be allowed to donate blood three months after they last had sex (see also here, hereand here). The rule changes will come into force at blood donation centres in Scotland in November and […]

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College climbs down over ban on Christian doctors and nurses training in sexual and reproductive health

August 7, 2017 Written by Medical Practice , Society

Doctors and nurses wishing to practise in sexual and reproductive health have been granted more liberty to exercise freedom of conscience under new guidelines published earlier this year. The Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (FSRH), a faculty of the Royal College of Obstetricians and […]

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Ideology or Evidence (part two)? The battle over abortion statistics

August 2, 2017 Written by Society , Start of Life , Uncategorized

Having blogged about the triumph of ideology over evidence in relation to the campaign in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland for presumed consent to organ donation, I can now report on a campaign where evidence triumphed over ideology. This one is in relation to the […]